Aaron Stein - Report
Soviet and Russian thinking about space as a military domain reflects how the country organizes its armed forces and how military elites think about warfighting. Stein examines Russian thinking about war in space, the investments made to threaten US assets in orbit, and American private sector advancements pushing Russia to consider deploying nuclear weapons in space.
Michael Duitsman and Sam Lair - Analysis
The exercise involving Belarus’ Su-25 Frogfoot nuclear-capable aircraft deserves more interrogation. A closer look at the Su-25s suggests the only thing “nuclear” about the exercise was that the aircraft were dual-capable. Nevertheless, the exercise reveals interesting details about Belarusian Su-25 operations and some measures they are taking to try and enhance the survivability of the system while demonstrating operational readiness.
Charles Ray - Analysis
While US relations with Africa are currently in flux, opening the door for a revitalization—or even a reset—of Europe’s engagement on the continent, the importance of the trilateral US-Europe-Africa relationship to the continent’s development should not be ignored or forgotten.
In this episode of Baltic Ways, recorded on the sidelines of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) conference at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Indra Ekmanis speaks with Inta Mieriņa, a political sociologist and director of the Center for Diaspora and Migration Research at the University of Latvia. Dr. Mieriņa unpacks her new project, which compares how European societies received Ukrainian refugees. The conversation also traces her groundbreaking work surveying the Latvian diaspora, from a landmark 14,000-person study to plans for a permanent diaspora consultation panel that could give emigrant communities a stronger voice in policymaking.
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